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Galeria Fortes Vila�a: Iran do Esp�rito Santo | Mauro Restiffe - 26 Sept 2013 to 9 Nov 2013 Current Exhibition |
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Iran do Esp�rito Santo, Hand with Transparency, 1998
Crayon and ink on paper 35,8 x 42 cm |
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Desenhos (1985 - 2013) Iran do Espírito Santo Opening 26.09.2013, 19h - 22h Exhibition 26.09.2013 | 09.11.2013 Galeria We are pleased to present Desenhos (1985 - 2013) [Drawings (1985 - 2013)] the new solo show by Iran do Espírito Santo at Galeria Fortes Vilaça. The show presents a historical overview of the artist’s production of drawings, spanning from 1985 to today, through a sampling of 120 artworks, most of them being shown here for the first time. Drawing is present in all of Iran do Espírito Santo’s artistic production. It is the way he organizes his thoughts, where the bidimensional work informs the tridimensional practice and vice versa. His production on paper is extensive, and the works selected for the show seek to evidence this diversity. They are drawings made with a wide range of materials such as charcoal, pen, pastel, watercolor and graphite. The selection of works in the show privileges those where drawing is the medium and often the subject. SPRD is a series of recent drawings, of which 14 will be presented in the exhibition. Its title is a term used in publications to designate two open pages of a book (a “spread”), here drawn by the artist with very thin lines, in graphite, traced in parallel to each other. Another series of drawings presented is that of Line and Shadow, 2010, where we see only two simple lines forming different angles on the paper. As the more vertical one casts a shadow, with this economy of elements we have a notion of depth and tridimensionality where the white area of the paper is widened. Among the oldest works in the show, are observational drawings of pieces of clothing, from 1993. Jacket, Shoes and Shirt are very much unlike most of the other works, though evidencing an intense interest for the detailing of the surfaces, which would be developed in later works such as Untitled (Wooden Brush Stroke) or CRTN. In Project for Corrections 2, from 2000, Iran draws faceted stones of different sizes that he would later make as sculptures, and Study for “Extension” is a project carried out in 1997 for a mural painting at SFMOMA. A book entirely dedicated to Iran do Espírito Santo’s drawings is under production and will be released in early 2014. All of the drawings present in this show will be included in that publication. Iran do Espírito Santo was born in Mococa in 1963 and lives and works in São Paulo. He has participated in various important exhibitions including most notably the 48th and 52nd Venice Biennale, the 19th Bienal de São Paulo, the 6th Istanbul Biennial, and the 5th Bienal do Mercosul. A retrospective of his work was held in 2006/2007 at MAXXI, Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Rome; at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; and at the Estação Pinacoteca, São Paulo. His works figure in the collections of MoMA, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art of San Diego; MAXXI, Rome; and others. This month the artist is inaugurating his first public sculpture in the US, as part of the Public Art Fund program; the work will be located in the Doris C. Freedman Square, at the entrance to Central Park, until February 2014. San Marco Mauro Restiffe Opening 28.09.2013, 14h - 17h Exhibition 28.09.2013 | 09.11.2013 Galpão We are pleased to present San Marco, Mauro Restiffe’s second solo show at Galeria Fortes Vilaça. The artist is occupying the space of the Galpão with eleven new photographs taken of frescoes painted by Fra Angelico in the friars’ cells of the San Marco Monastery, in Florence. Restiffe’s poetic investigation overlays a documental approach with references to art history and photography. The use of highly sensitive black-and-white analog film is not by chance; it is a formal resource that allows the artist to work with the idea of representation and of the deconstruction of the real. The graininess of the images and the gradations of gray work like paint on a canvas – his photos are full of texture. The works featured in the show break away from the straight-on frontal framing characteristic of other works by the artist. The photographs are taken in a way that results in a dark homogeneous field in the foreground, where it is still nonetheless possible to see, by way of the subtle gradations of gray, the details of the entrance arches of each cell. The architectural question constantly present in Mauro’s work also appears here. The artist has taken all the photos from the same angle, using the arch as a repeated element in a minimalist structure. There is a certain voyeurism present in the images that arises as a novelty in his work. The frescoes are in the background, distant, as though we were looking at them through a keyhole. But unlike what takes place in the monastery, where each fresco is seen individually, in the show it is possible to see all of them as a set, thus observing the minimal nuances and differences among the various images. The artist has already dealt with situations of representation and reproduction of artworks on other occasions. In his Vermeer series, now being shown at Inhotim, Restiffe photographs in various ways a work by the famous Dutch painter. In Planos de Fuga, held at CCBB in 2012, the artist’s participation took place through the documentation of the works in the show. Mauro Restiffe was born in São José do Rio Pardo in 1970 and lives and works in São Paulo. His solo shows have most notably included the exhibition Obra at MAC São Paulo, running until October 2013, with photographs made during the remodeling of the building designed by Oscar Niemeyer. Also this year, the artist is participating in the Bienal de Fotografia of MASP and the Panorama de Arte Brasileira of MAM São Paulo. His work figures in the collections of Inhotim, Brumadinho; Tate Modern, London; SFMOMA, San Francisco; Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, and others. |
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